Sent: Wed 3/2/2011 10:59 AM
Subject: Death of Prof. Lloyd P. Gartner
H-Judaic mourns the passing of Prof. Lloyd P. Gartner (1927-2011), Spiegel
Family Foundation Professor of European Jewish History emeritus at Tel Aviv
University, and a leading scholar of American and British Jewish history.
Prof. Gartner received his doctorate from Salo Baron at Columbia and
remained one of Baron's most devoted disciples. His thesis, published as *The
Jewish Immigrant in England, *won wide acclaim and has been reprinted
multiple times. Subsequently, Gartner was involved in the writing of three
well-regarded American Jewish community histories (Milwaukee, Los Angeles
and Cleveland). He made aliyah in 1973 and spent many years working on a
synthesis of Modern Jewish history, published as *History of Jews in Modern
Times. *Some of Prof. Gartner's most important work dealt with the history
of Jewish immigration and the history of Jewish education in the United
States, two subjects which he helped to pioneer. He also wrote transnational
history even before that term was invented. Recently, his articles on
immigration have appeared together in AMERICAN AND BRITISH JEWS IN THE AGE
OF THE GREAT MIGRATION (Vallentine Mitchell, 2009). Almost to the end of
his life, Gartner also published book reviews, including an important one in
the latest STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY JEWRY. For many years, Prof. Gartner
headed the Israel branch of the Jewish Historical Society of England. He
was also active in other Jewish historical societies. He will be deeply
missed.
Below, we reprint the entry of Lloyd Gartner from CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS.
We extend deepest condolences to his children and grandchildren.
Jonathan D. Sarna
Chair, H-Judaic
Lloyd Philip Gartner
American
June 3, 1927
New York, New York
Born June 3, 1927, in New York, NY; son of Hyman and Betty P. Miller) Gartner;
married Ruth Hagler, October 8, 1961; children: Michael Reuben, Eva Miriam.
Education: Brooklyn College (now Brooklyn College of the City University of
New York), B.A., 1948; University of Pennsylvania, M.A., 1949; Columbia
University, Ph.D., 1957. Religion: Jewish. Military/Wartime Service: U.S.
Army, 1946-47. Memberships: American Jewish Historical Society, Association
for Jewish Studies, American Academy for Jewish Research (fellow), Jewish
Historical Society of England (president, Israeli branch), Israel
Association of American Studies (president, 1977-80), Historical Society of
Israel. Addresses: Home: 40 Shimoni St., Jerusalem, Israel. Office: Tel-Aviv
University, Ramat-Aviv, Israel.
Queens College (now Queens College of the City University of New York),
Flushing, NY, lecturer, 1953-57; Wayne State University, Detroit, MI,
assistant professor of Hebrew and history, 1957-58; Jewish Theological
Seminary, New York, NY, research associate and instructor, 1958-63,
assistant professor, 1963-67; City College of the City University of New
York, New York City, associate professor of history, 1967-73; Tel-Aviv
University, Ramat-Aviv, Israel, professor of modern Jewish history, 1973--,
Spiegel Family Foundation Professor of European Jewish History, 1978--.
Visiting professor at Jewish Theological Seminary, 1967-70, 1976, Hebrew
University, 1970-72, and Yale University, 1976. Delegate, World Congress of
Jewish Studies, 1961, 1969, 1973, 1977.
Entry updated: 10/17/2001 Text: WRITINGS:
The Jewish Immigrant in England , Wayne State University Press, 1960.
(With L. J. Swichkow) The History of the Jews of Milwaukee , Jewish
Publication Society, 1963.
(Editor) Jewish Education in the United States: A Documentary History ,
Teachers College Press, 1969.
(With M. Vorspan) History of the Jews of Los Angeles , Huntington Library
and Jewish Publication Society, 1970.
(Editor) Michael: On the History of the Jews in the Diaspora , Volume III,
Tel-Aviv University Diaspora Research Institute, 1975.
(Contributor) B. W. Korn, editor, Bicentennial Studies in Honor of Jacob
Rader Marcus , Ktav, 1976.
History of the Jews of Cleveland , Western Reserve Historical Society and
Jewish Theological Seminary, 1978.
The Jews of the United States: From Earliest Days to the Present , Hakibbutz
Hameuchad, 1980.
The Great Jewish Migration 1881-1914: Myths and Realities, University of
Cape Town, 1984.
History of Jews in Modern Times, Oxford University Press, 2000.
Contributor to scholarly journals. Editor, Division of Americana,
Encyclopedia Judaica , 1971; American Jewish Historical Quarterly , book
review editor, 1962-70, member of editorial board, 1976--; member of
editorial board, Societas: A Review of Social History , 1970--.